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Cop blows cover to drug dealer lover

A married undercover cop began an affair with the alleged drug dealer she was investigating and ended up outing herself and two colleagues, US police allege.

Detective Jessica Dever-Jakusz first met the suspect in Tempe, Arizona, while buying narcotics from him undercover in June.

Two months later she was having regular sex with him at his home, according to a police report cited by US news media.

On October 10, the pair was laying in bed when the detective revealed she was working undercover to arrest him. She also reportedly revealed the identities of two colleagues.

"Up until that time, the suspect did not know or ever suspected that Dever-Jakusz was a police officer," the police report stated.

Five days later, an anonymous tip led police to bring the suspect in for questioning where he admitted having a sexual relationship with Dever-Jakusz, who has served in the police force for 13 years and is married to another police officer.

Her husband is also now the subject of an internal affairs investigation for using police computers to look up the suspect, whom he suspected was having an affair with his wife, and then threatening him.

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The affair ruined a five-month-long investigation into local sales of MDMA. No drugs charges can now be brough against the suspect and it is unknown if any charges can move forward against other suspects in the undercover operation.

Dever-Jakusz has since resigned.

Police sent a report last week to local prosecutors recommending that she be charged with two counts of hindering prosecution.